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Tomas Plekanec to play for two Czech Republic teams

Tomas Plekanec has signed a contract with Czech Extraliga club HC Kometa Brno. Plekanec will also play for his hometown HC Kladno in the second division, the team owned by Jaromir Jagr.

Czech rules permit a player to suit up for two teams if one is in the top league and the other is in the second tier.

It is strange but you can play for two clubs in Czech hockey if one is in extraleague and other in 2nd league. Thats why Plekanec can play for Kladno and Kometa Brno simultaneously. Owner of Kladno is Jaromir Jagr, owner of Brno is Libor Zabransky – both ex-NHLers.

Tomas Plekanec says via email that the reason he will play for both Kladno and Brno is that otherwise he wouldn’t get enough games, seeing as Czech teams play 8-10 games a month. Plus this way he can play in the top league AND help his hometown team get back in the top league.

Brno has won the Extraliga championship in each of the past two seasons, while Kladno hopes Plekanec will help them return to the country’s top flight.

Plekanec retired from the NHL earlier this month after being placed on waivers by the Montreal Canadiens. The 36-year-old recorded 233 goals and 375 assists over 1,001 games. Almost all of his NHL career was spent with the Canadiens, other than a 17-game stint with Toronto at the end of the 2017-18 season.

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